Monday 28 December 2009
Update on new Survivors TV series...
After a rescheduling, the BBC press office announced that episode one of the long awaited series two of the Survivors re-make will be aired at 9pm on Tuesday 12 January 2010 on BBC1.
Sunday 8 November 2009
The Day of the Triffids Part 2 & 3
Continued from my "The Day of the Triffids" article on Hubpages
While spending the night in an ex show flat, Bill and Jo spotted a light coming from the university tower which must have meant there were other people who could still see. They waited until the morning to investigate. The next day, it turned out that the old university was occupied by an army major with a couple of soldiers standing guard at the gates. It transpired that a group of sighted people had got together inside but their leader refused to let the hungry masses of blind people in. Jack Coker MAURICE COLBOURNE was leading the blind group but shots were fired and they ran away. They only accepted sighted people in the compound. Bill and Jo had a heated discussion as to whether it was right to join this group or try and help the blind who at present far out numbered the few sighted people left. In the end they reluctantly decided to join the group.
Once there Bill met the group"s leader Beadley DAVID SWIFT who said they had about 35 sighted plus a few blind people there and were gathering supplies to prepare to leave London the next day and build a community in the country That evening, everyone gathered round to hear him, the major and the woman medical officer give a speech on what the future may hold. They outlined that many of the rules and traditions of the past would not apply in this new world. These included two person marriages and monogamous relationships which would be scrapped in favour of a man having several wives, including blind women who would give birth to as many healthy babies as possible.
That night, Bill was suddenly woken up by smoke and a fire alarm going off. While trying to escape, he tripped and fell down the stairs and was knocked unconscious. When he came to, he found himself tied up and locked in one of the old army cells. Dazed and confused, he heard the door unlock and blind Alf JOHN HOLIS entered with a drink. It turned out that Coker"s gang had broke in and set fire to some rubbish and put trip wires across the stairs. Coker soon showed up and explained to Bill (whether he liked it or not) that he will lead a designated blind team which he would guide in their search for food while being chained to Alf. They would have to find somewhere to live and then they would be on their own. Credit to Alf though, he told Jo (who had been assigned another group) where Bill was.
Once outside he found a boarding house to stay but unfortunately, some of it"s occupants had a mysterious illness so they were moved next door. While he was out with his group, they were shot at from across the river by a hostile gang. Alf was shot dead so Bill had to unlock his handcuff from him. Problem was he was also chained to another group member who refused to hand him the key. After overpowering him, he freed himself and led the group to a grocery store aware that the gang may be looking for them. While he was exploring the cellar, there was a disturbance upstairs, triffids had attacked and killed the hostile gang member who had arrived to seek them out. Escaping out the back, Bill and the group made it back to the guesthouse. During the night, a blind girl went to his room and told him that the group did not think that he would stay with them so they sent her to be his companion or even lover to try and entice him to stay. Bill thought, turned her away.
The next morning all was quiet. The girl had caught the illness and said that the others had gone because they thought Bill would leave them anyway. The girl"s condition deteriorated rapidly so she asked him to get some pills to end her misery. He then resumed his search for Jo which led him to a large hotel. By the time he got there, the very ill hotel manager said that Jo and her group had gone already as some had died from the illness. He then made his way back to the university only to be met by Coker who by now had given up his idea of leading the blind as his group were also dying. They both called a truce and after seeing Tyesham Manor written on the blackboard, decided to set out there the next day.
Jack Coker and Bill set off to Tyseham Manor in separate army supply lorries. Once there, they met the group"s leader Miss Darwin PETULA NEILSON. Devoutly christian, she didn"t agree with the original plans of Beadley and the major back at the university. Jack tried unsuccessfully to persuade her that it should be the group"s priority to survive. that collecting supplies in this new world was not theft for instance and they shouldn"t take in any more blind survivors. After telling miss Darwin they"d come back in a few days, Bill and Jack set off again and stopped at a pub, empty of course after the blinded owner had died of a triffid sting. They discussed the future. and Bill suddenly remembered a conversation that he had with Jo when they first met. She mentioned that she would find this cottage in the south downs near Pullborough.which came with it"s own self sufficiency farm. It even had it"s own electricity generator. They decided to go their own separate ways at least.for now..
After traveling for a few hours, a little girl called Susan waived him down and jumped in the lorry with her dog. She was the first person Bill had seen alive since Tyesham Manor. She was on her own after her family had died of triffid attacks. It was still daylight when they arrived in the general area of the cottage.and scanned the hills for any signs of life but he decided it was better to wait until nightfall. Any lighting in the dark would almost certainly mean a sign of human life. By then he had drifted off to sleep but Mary was still awake.because of a storm. Suddenly she saw a light in the distance and woke Bill. He flicked the lorry headlights on and off in a Morse code fashion. The distant light responded likewise. Filled with excitement, they slowly drove towards it but it was hard to keep it in sight due to the driving rain..Eventually they stopped and saw somebody holding a torch.just a few yards away. At he got out and walked towards them, he realised to his overwhelming relief that it was Jo. .
Jo said said that she"d found the cottage and farm that she had mentioned before and settled with it"s very welcoming owners Mary JENNY LIPMAN and her blinded husband Dennis DESMOND ADAMS. After a few days Bill set off back to Tyesham Manor.but a huge shock awaited him. Bodies were everywhere, lying on mattresses on the floor. They seemed to have either succumbed to triffid attacks or the mysterious illness they had witnessed back in London. There were makeshift graves outside. Jack was right, they could never have survived their setup. He even wondered if Jack was among them.
For the time being, they decided to stay at the cottage as they had everything they needed supplemented by the occasional trips into towns and cities for fuel and supplies. They even managed to keep the triffids out with electrified fences. For six years they lived in relative tranquility.
While spending the night in an ex show flat, Bill and Jo spotted a light coming from the university tower which must have meant there were other people who could still see. They waited until the morning to investigate. The next day, it turned out that the old university was occupied by an army major with a couple of soldiers standing guard at the gates. It transpired that a group of sighted people had got together inside but their leader refused to let the hungry masses of blind people in. Jack Coker MAURICE COLBOURNE was leading the blind group but shots were fired and they ran away. They only accepted sighted people in the compound. Bill and Jo had a heated discussion as to whether it was right to join this group or try and help the blind who at present far out numbered the few sighted people left. In the end they reluctantly decided to join the group.
Once there Bill met the group"s leader Beadley DAVID SWIFT who said they had about 35 sighted plus a few blind people there and were gathering supplies to prepare to leave London the next day and build a community in the country That evening, everyone gathered round to hear him, the major and the woman medical officer give a speech on what the future may hold. They outlined that many of the rules and traditions of the past would not apply in this new world. These included two person marriages and monogamous relationships which would be scrapped in favour of a man having several wives, including blind women who would give birth to as many healthy babies as possible.
That night, Bill was suddenly woken up by smoke and a fire alarm going off. While trying to escape, he tripped and fell down the stairs and was knocked unconscious. When he came to, he found himself tied up and locked in one of the old army cells. Dazed and confused, he heard the door unlock and blind Alf JOHN HOLIS entered with a drink. It turned out that Coker"s gang had broke in and set fire to some rubbish and put trip wires across the stairs. Coker soon showed up and explained to Bill (whether he liked it or not) that he will lead a designated blind team which he would guide in their search for food while being chained to Alf. They would have to find somewhere to live and then they would be on their own. Credit to Alf though, he told Jo (who had been assigned another group) where Bill was.
Once outside he found a boarding house to stay but unfortunately, some of it"s occupants had a mysterious illness so they were moved next door. While he was out with his group, they were shot at from across the river by a hostile gang. Alf was shot dead so Bill had to unlock his handcuff from him. Problem was he was also chained to another group member who refused to hand him the key. After overpowering him, he freed himself and led the group to a grocery store aware that the gang may be looking for them. While he was exploring the cellar, there was a disturbance upstairs, triffids had attacked and killed the hostile gang member who had arrived to seek them out. Escaping out the back, Bill and the group made it back to the guesthouse. During the night, a blind girl went to his room and told him that the group did not think that he would stay with them so they sent her to be his companion or even lover to try and entice him to stay. Bill thought, turned her away.
The next morning all was quiet. The girl had caught the illness and said that the others had gone because they thought Bill would leave them anyway. The girl"s condition deteriorated rapidly so she asked him to get some pills to end her misery. He then resumed his search for Jo which led him to a large hotel. By the time he got there, the very ill hotel manager said that Jo and her group had gone already as some had died from the illness. He then made his way back to the university only to be met by Coker who by now had given up his idea of leading the blind as his group were also dying. They both called a truce and after seeing Tyesham Manor written on the blackboard, decided to set out there the next day.
Jack Coker and Bill set off to Tyseham Manor in separate army supply lorries. Once there, they met the group"s leader Miss Darwin PETULA NEILSON. Devoutly christian, she didn"t agree with the original plans of Beadley and the major back at the university. Jack tried unsuccessfully to persuade her that it should be the group"s priority to survive. that collecting supplies in this new world was not theft for instance and they shouldn"t take in any more blind survivors. After telling miss Darwin they"d come back in a few days, Bill and Jack set off again and stopped at a pub, empty of course after the blinded owner had died of a triffid sting. They discussed the future. and Bill suddenly remembered a conversation that he had with Jo when they first met. She mentioned that she would find this cottage in the south downs near Pullborough.which came with it"s own self sufficiency farm. It even had it"s own electricity generator. They decided to go their own separate ways at least.for now..
After traveling for a few hours, a little girl called Susan waived him down and jumped in the lorry with her dog. She was the first person Bill had seen alive since Tyesham Manor. She was on her own after her family had died of triffid attacks. It was still daylight when they arrived in the general area of the cottage.and scanned the hills for any signs of life but he decided it was better to wait until nightfall. Any lighting in the dark would almost certainly mean a sign of human life. By then he had drifted off to sleep but Mary was still awake.because of a storm. Suddenly she saw a light in the distance and woke Bill. He flicked the lorry headlights on and off in a Morse code fashion. The distant light responded likewise. Filled with excitement, they slowly drove towards it but it was hard to keep it in sight due to the driving rain..Eventually they stopped and saw somebody holding a torch.just a few yards away. At he got out and walked towards them, he realised to his overwhelming relief that it was Jo. .
Jo said said that she"d found the cottage and farm that she had mentioned before and settled with it"s very welcoming owners Mary JENNY LIPMAN and her blinded husband Dennis DESMOND ADAMS. After a few days Bill set off back to Tyesham Manor.but a huge shock awaited him. Bodies were everywhere, lying on mattresses on the floor. They seemed to have either succumbed to triffid attacks or the mysterious illness they had witnessed back in London. There were makeshift graves outside. Jack was right, they could never have survived their setup. He even wondered if Jack was among them.
For the time being, they decided to stay at the cottage as they had everything they needed supplemented by the occasional trips into towns and cities for fuel and supplies. They even managed to keep the triffids out with electrified fences. For six years they lived in relative tranquility.
Sunday 1 November 2009
Starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie HunnamDirector Alfonso Cuaron
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 49 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Language English
Dubbed German
Subtitles Dutch, German
Released DVD: 15 Jan 2007
Production year: 2006
This film is about what the world would be like if the future of mankind is threatened. In this case it"s 2027 and the whole human race has been made infertile since 2009 by an unknown cause. After the death of the youngest person in the world at 18 years old, life descends into chaos. Meanwhile, former activist CLIVE OWEN is persuaded to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of mankind.
Sunday 25 October 2009
The Driller killer
Starring Jimmy Laine, Carolyn Marz, Babi Day, Bob DeFrank, Peter Yellen
Director Abel Ferrara
Studio ILC PRIME
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 09 Oct 2006
Production year: 1979
Penniless artist Reno (Ferrara) and his girlfriends Carol (Carolyn Marz) and Pamela (Baybi Day) hang out at their New York loft, enduring such problems as the phone bill, the rent, and a noisy rock band practicing downstairs. After it all becomes too much, Reno grabs his drill and rampages.through the city at night fall. Eventually, Carol moves out, Reno's paintings don't sell, and things just get from bad to worse THE DRILLER KILLER has a distinctly 1970s New York underground feel--an artistic quality that makes it seem like a cross between TAXI DRIVER and ANDY WARHOL'S TRASH (with drilling). Despite being Low-budget and a bit amateurish, this film benefits from some moody lighting and Ferrara's brave insight into the psyche. Reno's mental breakdown manages to be chillingly believable and a powerful statement on the place of the artist in modern society. A surprise hit on the drive-in circuit, this was re released in 1981 to capitalize on the teenage slasher movie boom (and the success of Ferrara's second film, MS. 45).
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Samhain
Starring Jenna Jameson, Bobbie Phillips, Richard Griego, Ginger Lynn Allen
Director Christian Viel
Studio FILM 2000
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 24 Oct 2005
There was only one rule: Stick to the path, bad things happen when you don't stick to the path! An American couple on a romantic camping trip are brutally murdered. A few days later during the ancient festival of Samhain, a group of University students move into a beautiful cottage surrounded by a lush forest and majestic lake. They are here to learn about the rituals of the Ancient Druids and other Celtic legends...
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Sickle
Starring Paul Cagney, Shaila Vaidya, Maurizio Farhad
Director Paul Gagne
Studio THIRD MILLENNIUM
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 12 Sep 2005
Format DVD
When a young girl is murdered in an old slaughterhouse, her boyfriend seeks revenge and so breaks in and hangs the prime suspect, Marty Sickle. But he might come to regret not finishing the job properly...
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Don"t look in the Basement
Starring Bill McGhee, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup, Harryette Warren
Director S.F. Brownrigg
Studio ELSTREE HILL ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 25 Oct 2004
Production year: 1973
When Nurse Charlotte Beal arrives for work at a sanatorium, one of the doctors has been murdered. The asylum has been overrun, and not even the doctors can be trusted.
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Director S.F. Brownrigg
Studio ELSTREE HILL ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 25 Oct 2004
Production year: 1973
When Nurse Charlotte Beal arrives for work at a sanatorium, one of the doctors has been murdered. The asylum has been overrun, and not even the doctors can be trusted.
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Night of the Living Dead
Starring Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne, Russell Streiner, Marilyn Eastman, William Hinzman, Judith Reilly
Director George A Romero
Studio CINEMA CLUB
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18
Genres Horror
Language English
Subtitles None
Released DVD: 30 Oct 2000
Production year: 1968
Seven people are secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse and face repeated attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group, which includes a married couple and their daughter, a pair of young lovers, and an African American man, try to keep their sanity as the living dead try endlessly to enter the house until they are laid to rest by burning or a severe blow to the head. As they listen to news reports of the zombie plague taking over the eastern United States, the ever-decreasing band of survivors loses ground in their battle to both keep peace with one another and stay alive.
Romero's low-budget, homegrown classic went from being unable to find a distributor to becoming one of the most influential horror films of all time. Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore became the fashion, the film is also important for its portrayal of a black man as the protagonist during a time when race relations were an extremely sensitive issue in the United States. Romero's choice for the ending of his film also made a shocking and bold statement about the issue.
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Director George A Romero
Studio CINEMA CLUB
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18
Genres Horror
Language English
Subtitles None
Released DVD: 30 Oct 2000
Production year: 1968
Seven people are secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse and face repeated attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group, which includes a married couple and their daughter, a pair of young lovers, and an African American man, try to keep their sanity as the living dead try endlessly to enter the house until they are laid to rest by burning or a severe blow to the head. As they listen to news reports of the zombie plague taking over the eastern United States, the ever-decreasing band of survivors loses ground in their battle to both keep peace with one another and stay alive.
Romero's low-budget, homegrown classic went from being unable to find a distributor to becoming one of the most influential horror films of all time. Aside from its visceral impact years before realistic gore became the fashion, the film is also important for its portrayal of a black man as the protagonist during a time when race relations were an extremely sensitive issue in the United States. Romero's choice for the ending of his film also made a shocking and bold statement about the issue.
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The Dead One
Starring John Mackay, Monica Davis
Director Barry Mahon
Studio PINNACLE VISION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 11 Sep 2006
Production year: 1961
A voodoo priestess brings her brother back to life so he can kill her cousin's bride. The confused zombie kills the wrong woman and is bought back to life a second time to try and finish the deed.
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Demon Under Glass
Starring Jason Carter, Garett Maggart, Jack DonnerDirector Jon Cunningham
Studio STAX ENTERTAINMENT LTD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 51 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 15 Aug 2005
Production year: 2002
The pursuit of a serial killer leads to a deeper evil.
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Carnival of Souls
Starring Candace Hilligoss, Sidney Berger, Frances Feist, Herk Harvey, Stan Levitt, Art Ellison
Director Herk Harvey
Studio ORBIT MEDIA LTD.
Run time DVD: 1 hr 15 mins
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Genres Horror, Thriller
Language English
Subtitles French, German
Released DVD: 03 Sep 2001
Production year: 1962
Carnival of Souls was made in 1962 in Lawrence, Kansas for very little money, Herk Harvey's CARNIVAL OF SOULS has become legendary for its ability to create a tensely creepy atmosphere with virtually no special effects. A young woman (Candace Hilligoss) is involved in a car crash when her car falls off a bridge while drag racing with some friends. After she pulls herself from the river, she moves to a new town to take a job as a church organist. Meanwhile, a distinctly eerie and hollow-faced man in a black suit seems to be following her wherever she goes. The effective organ score enhances the film to great effect.
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Director Herk Harvey
Studio ORBIT MEDIA LTD.
Run time DVD: 1 hr 15 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Horror, Thriller
Language English
Subtitles French, German
Released DVD: 03 Sep 2001
Production year: 1962
Carnival of Souls was made in 1962 in Lawrence, Kansas for very little money, Herk Harvey's CARNIVAL OF SOULS has become legendary for its ability to create a tensely creepy atmosphere with virtually no special effects. A young woman (Candace Hilligoss) is involved in a car crash when her car falls off a bridge while drag racing with some friends. After she pulls herself from the river, she moves to a new town to take a job as a church organist. Meanwhile, a distinctly eerie and hollow-faced man in a black suit seems to be following her wherever she goes. The effective organ score enhances the film to great effect.
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The Fear 2: Halloween Night
Starring Gordon Currie, Myc Agnew, Stacy Grant
Director Chris Angel
Studio UNIPIX ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
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Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 24 Jan 2008
Production year: 1999
On Halloween weekend Mike Hawthorn has invited his girlfriend, Peg, and some other friends to stay at his family's country retreat where they intend to party till dawn dressed in costumes that represent each individual's deepest, darkest fears. The Halloween party is set to be great fun, until Mike meets an old family friend, an American Indian named Crow. Crow has other plans for Mike, namely to prepare him for an ancient ceremony using an antique wooden mannequin nicknamed Morty...T
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Flesh For The Beast - UNCUT
Starring Jane Scarlett, Sergio Jones, Clark Beasley Jr., Jim Coope, David Runco
Director Terry West
Studio STAX ENTERTAINMENT LTD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.
Genres Horror
Released DVD: 04 Apr 2005
Production year: 2003
Almost one hundred years after the death of Alfred Fischer, an occultist who conjured up evil demons that hunted human prey, a group of para-psychologists enter his manor and they don't have to wait long for evil to re-emerge...
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Camp Blood
Starring Jennifer Ritchkoff, Michael Taylor, Tim Young, Bethany Zolt
Director Brad Sykes
Studio PRISM LEISURE
Run time DVD: 1 hr 13 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 17 Jun 2002
Production year: 1999
CAMP BLOOD is a slasher film with some "campy" humour to keep most fans of this genre happy
When a group of friends go on a camping trip in the woods at a site the locals have nicknamed "Camp Blood," a psycho soon shows up wearing a clown mask and ready for a killing spree. Not for the clown-phobic...
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Sunday 18 October 2009
Cat O"Nine Tails
Starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Horst Frank, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rada Rassimov
Director Dario Argento
Studio PLATINUM MEDIA DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 10 Jun 2002
Production year: 1971
Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark graphic violence. Karl Malden stars as a blind man with a talent for solving puzzles who parteners with reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus) to launch a private investigation into a string of strange murders, The killer soon becomes wise to the duo's plans and will do whatever it takes to stop them from reporting to the police.
Director Dario Argento
Studio PLATINUM MEDIA DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 10 Jun 2002
Production year: 1971
Dario Argento's second directorial effort (and the centerpiece of the "animal trilogy" of giallos--or mystery/thrillers--which includes BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET) is a murder mystery infused with the filmmaker's trademark graphic violence. Karl Malden stars as a blind man with a talent for solving puzzles who parteners with reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus) to launch a private investigation into a string of strange murders, The killer soon becomes wise to the duo's plans and will do whatever it takes to stop them from reporting to the police.
Doll Graveyard
Starring Anna Brock, Jared Kusnitz, Gabrielle Lynn, Kristyn Green
Director Charles Band
Studio FILM 2000
Run time DVD: 1 hr 25 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 21 Aug 2006
Production year: 2005
Former Full Moon impresario Charles Band directs the low-budget horror flick DOLL GRAVEYARD. The bloody gore fest opens in 1905 as a lonely 12-year-old, Sophia (Hannah Marks), dies at the hands of her abusive father (Ken Lyle) and is buried in the backyard along with her four sinister-looking dolls. One hundred years later, Sophia's vengeful ghost returns to the house to protect the new owner's equally lonely son, Guy (Jared Kusnitz), from the taunts of his older sister's jock friends by possessing the dolls' bodies and unleashing a campy orgy of violence. Supported by surprisingly effective puppet-oriented special effects, DOLL GRAVEYARD is a worthy addition to the Band oeuvre.
Jigsaw
Starring Barret Walz, Aimee Bravo, Mia Zifkin
Director Don Adams, Harry James Picardi
Studio FILM 2000
Run time DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 05 May 2001
A mannequin becomes the subject for an art class. Each student becomes responsible for decorating a small piece of the doll. One night the students burn the doll after a heavy drinking session. Then one by one the students find themselves stalked and killed...
Jeepers Creepers 2
Starring Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Eric Nenninger, Nicki Lynn AycoxDirector Victor Salva
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Audio Descriptive, Horror
Language English, English Audio Description
Released DVD: 16 Jan 2004
Production year: 2003
The prehistoric winged creature known as the Creeper is back in JEEPERS CREEPERS II, on a savage eating binge before hibernating for another 23 years. His first victim is local farm boy Billy Taggert (Shaun Fleming), whose shocked father Jack (wild-eyed Ray Wise) watches, as his son disappears amidst rustling corn husks. Taggert scours the surrounding area for clues, but the Creeper (Jonathan Breck) has moved to its next target: a school bus full of basketball players. The Creeper watches.while jocks Jake Spencer (John Hammond) and Scott Braddock (Eric Nenninger) tease gay high school journalist Izzy Bohen (Travis Schiffner) and clairvoyant cheerleader Minxie Hayes (Nicki Lynn Aycox), The bus breaks down on East 9 Highway and the Creeper pounces, using supernatural powers to sniff out his victums to suit his rather finicky tastes. Token nerd Bucky (Billy Aaron Brown) gets a radio signal over to Taggert, the bereaved dad who is now determined to seek revenge and is carrying the one weapon that may be a match for the evil Creeper.
Like the original JEEPERS CREEPERS, director Victor Salva's sequel is several cuts above average horror fare. The director has demonstrated a natural flair for classic film making and makes frequent references to THE BIRDS, bringing Hitchcock's quiet dread to a no-holds-barred, adrenaline-boosting horror film modelled after the FRIDAY THE 13TH, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, and SCREAM series.
Saturday 19 September 2009
Knowing
Starring Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn, Adrienne Pickering, Tamara Donnellan, Brett Robson, Jayson Sutcliffe
Director Alex Proyas
Studio E1 ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 56 mins
Certificate
Genres 
Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, ThrillerLanguage English
Released DVD: 03 Aug 2009
Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage (Book of Secrets, National Treasure - Leaving Las Vegas) stars in KNOWING, a stunning thriller about a professor who discovers bizarre yet accurate predictions about the future and sets out to prevent them from coming true. Similar in vein to the film "The Day After Tomorrow"
Rose Byrne (Damages, Troy), Chandler Canterbury (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Lara Robinson (Saved) also star in director Alex Proyas' (I, Robot)
gripping new movie. Must be seen.
Sunday 6 September 2009
Reeker
/Starring Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Ironside
Director Dave Payne
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate 18
Genres Horror
Language English
Released DVD: 13 Nov 2006
Production year: 2006
A group of strangers are traveling together, but their car breaks down and they end up trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert All radio contact has gone and there"s no mobile signal. As night falls, a devastating sequence of events unfolds and they must solve the mystery behind their visions while they are preyed upon by a mystery creature. .
Friday 4 September 2009
Raging Bull
Starring Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Director Martin Scorsese
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 3 mins
Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Released DVD: 27 Nov 2000
Production year: 1980
Director Martin Scorsese's personal approach to film making is taken to a whole new level in this film.Shot in black and white, Scorsese tells the story of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, stunningly played by Robert De Niro, in an Oscar-winning performance. La Motta rises through the ranks to attempt his first shot at the middleweight crown but he falls in love with Vickie (Cathy Moriarty), a gorgeous girl from his Bronx neighbourhood. Jake is unable to express his feelings which pours out in the ring and eventually takes over his life in his relationship with his brother, Joey (Joe Pesci). Irrational jealousy over Vickie, as well as an insatiable appetite, Jake descends into a downward spiral that costs him his title, his wife, and his relationship with Joey. As the out-of-control fighter, De Niro delivers one of the screen's most unforgettable performances. Pesci is just as intense as Joey, who finally realises that he is unable to tame his barbaric brother.
Scorsese and cinematographer Michael Chapman shoot the film with a flair that adds pumping energy to the boxing scenes and endless arguments that erupt whenever Jake is outside the ring adds to this intensity. Coupled with Thelma Schoonmaker's stunning editing and the film's brave sound design, these scenes are the most brutally realistic depiction of boxing the cinema has ever seen. RAGING BULL is one of American cinema's masterpieces.
Saturday 29 August 2009
Armageddon
Starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Keith David
Director Michael Bay
Studio TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 24 mins
Certificate
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language English
Subtitles English
Released DVD: 20 Aug 2001
Production year: 1998
The Earth has only eighteen days before it is obliterated by a meteor about the size of Texas - that is of couurse unless man intervenes. NASA's executive director realises that he has only one option - to land a handful of rougheck oil drillers onto the asteroid and get them to drop a nuclear warhead into its core... A fast paced action thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Thursday 13 August 2009
The Cooler
Starring William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Paul Sorvino, Estella Warren
Director Wayne Kramer
Studio PALISADES TARTAN
Run time DVD: 1 hrs 38 mins
Certificate
Genres Drama
Language English
Released DVD: 04 Oct 2004
Production year: 2003
Bernie Lootz (William H. Macey) seems to have the worst luck in town. This is made worse for him because that town happens to be Las Vegas. His old friend Shelly Kaplowitz (Alec Baldwin) hires him to work at the Shangri-La Hotel and Casino, where his bad luck rubs off on the gamblers who used to win well at the tables. Unfortunately Lootz isn't actually getting paid as he owes money to Shelly. He then meets Natalie (Maria Bello) and falls instantly in love--threatening to change his luck, Lady luck you might call it and Shelly doesn"t like it one bit. A quirky yet entertaining film directed by Wayne Kramer
Thursday 6 August 2009
The First 20 million
Starring Adam Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Jake Busey, Enrico Colantoni, Ethan Suplee
Director Mick Jackson
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hrs 41 mins
Certificate
Genres Comedy
Language English
Released DVD: 07 Jun 2004
Production year: 2002
This film is a fictional story about a young man Adam Garcia who gives up a slick marketing job in Silicon Valley to pursue his dream job working for himself, trying to invent and sell a $99 personal computer. At his lowest point, a sexy neighbour Rosario Dawson revitalises both his business and sexual appetite. The film is based on a best selling book by Po Bronson mocking the late 90s dot com boom.
Seven
Starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John McGinley
Director David Fincher
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins
Certificate 18
Genres Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 01 Dec 2008
Production year: 1995
Set in a gloomy unnamed city, The film features Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a retiring police detective, as he wraps up his final week on the job, reluctantly working with assertive newcomer Mills (Brad Pitt). When an obese man is found brutally murdered in his home, Somerset realizes this is no ordinary killing--someone tortured him because of his appetite. Murders, whose motives are the sins of greed and sloth soon follow, leading Somerset and Mills on a desperate search to find the unfathomable John Doe, who is responsible for these methodical murders. As the case builds to a startling conclusion, both Somerset and Mills become more involved than they ever could have foreseen.
Based on David Fincher's thriller SEVEN.
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Celular
Starring Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Eric Christian Olsen, Jason Statham, William H. Macy, Jessica Biel
Director David R Ellis
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hrs 35 mins
Certificate
Genres Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 31 Jan 2005
Production year: 2004
A young man receives a wrong number on his mobile. After taking the call, he is unwittingly entered into a high-stakes race against time to save a woman's life.
Not knowing the caller, Jessica Martin other than her hushed, panicked voice on the other end of the unreliable cell phone connection, Ryan is quickly thrust into a world of deception and murder on his frantic search to find and rescue her. Jessica's life depends on him, but what is waiting for him on the other side of the line, and what will it cost him to find out?
An exciting, fast paced film.
Sunday 2 August 2009
I Know Who Killed Me
Starring Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Brian Geraghty, Garcelle Beauvais, Spencer Garrett, Gregory Itzin,
Director Chris Sivertson
Studio ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time 105 mins
Certificate 18
Genres Drama, Thriller, horror
Language English
Released DVD: 28 Jan 2008
Production year: 2007
Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan), a bright and promising young woman is kidnapped and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. After she manages to escape, the girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is (she looks very similar to Aubrey Fleming) and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still out there and in mortal danger. A very dark and sadistic film set in idyllic small town America.
Friday 31 July 2009
Secrets of the Phantom Caverns
Starring: Robert Powell, Timothy Bottons, Lisa Blount
Studio: Rank film distributors
Year of Release: 1984
Format: VHS pal colour
DVD: Not available
Genre: Cult horror
Certificate: 15
Language: English
Run time: 88mins
"Wolf" Wolfson and George Barwell meet unexpectedly in South America, escape from mercenaries and travel to Spain when Wolf has been hired to blow a hole in a mountainside so that part of the "Omega" transmitter system can be installed in an unexplored cave system.
The only obstacle is a group of anthropologists but they are quickly removed and Wolf blows the hole. Colonel Stevens sends men and equipment into the caves. That night, two soldiers guarding a sonic tester disappear after a scream was heard over the radio. Wolf needs professional help to explore the caves and uses the anthropologists.
Deep in the caves, they experience wonders they have never seen before -- glowworms, formations of breathtaking beauty, a cave filled with mist. But danger awaits them -- for what was watching the missing soldiers is now watching them, destroying their trail markers and waiting for the right moment to attack.
Thursday 30 July 2009
Saw ll
Starring Donnie Wahlberg, Dina Myer, Tobin Bell, Lyriq Bent, Tim Burd, John Fallon, Franky G, Erik Knudsen, Beverley Mitchell, Tony Nappo
Director Darren Lynn Bousman
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time 89 mins
Certificate 18
Genres Horror, Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 27 Mar 2006
Production year: 2005
Jigsaw, the warped, disturbed deviant is back for another round of horrifying life-or-death games. When a new murder victim is discovered left with Jigsaw's trademark signs, Detective Eric Mathews (Donnie Wahlberg) begins a full investigation, finds and questions Jigsaw (who turns out to be an old man suffering with terminal cancer) with little success. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his audacious plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives - and now it's time for Mathews to join the game.. The dreaded ancient bathroom from the original Saw makes another appearance here.
Leon
Starring Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman
Director Luc Besson
Studio BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time 109 mins
Certificate
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language English
Released DVD:
Production year: 1994
A murder on the streets of New York leads to a deadly game of cat and mouse while an orphaned twelve-year-old girl becomes caught in the middle. Professional hit man (Gary Oldman) reluctantly agrees to to take her in and she persuades him to show her how to shoot.- with blank bullets of course. This unlikely pairing makes this film unusual and compelling.
Sunday 26 July 2009
Summer Things
Starring Carole Bouquet, Charlotte Rampling, Lou Doillon, Karin Viard, Jacques Dutronc, Michel Blanc, Clotilde Courau
Director Michel Blanc
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Certificate 15
Genres Comedy, World Cinema
Language French, English subtitles
Released DVD: 17 May 2004
Production year: 2002
Summer Things is a hilarious mix of small town snobbery, lust and infidelity.
When Elizabeth's husband comes up with every excuse to stay in Paris with his mistress, Elizabeth invites friend Julie, with her baby in tow, on holiday instead. On the other side of town, hard up neighbours, Vero, Jerome and son Loic, have to make do at a nearby caravan park & hating every minute. Meanwhile enjoying life in Chicago Liz & Bertrand"s Nympho. daughter, Emilie is partying with boyfriend kevin, unaware that he's embezzled money from her father"s firm to pay for the trip. Based on the Joseph Connolly novel.
Saturday 25 July 2009
MAX
Starring John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski
Director Menno Meyjes
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION
Run time 101 mins
Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language English
Released DVD: 01 Mar 2004
Production year: 2002
MAX, directed by Menno Meyjes, stars John Cusack as the leading man, Max, a German-Jewish man who lost his right arm while fighting for his country during W W1. As a result, he cannot pursue his dream of becoming an artist. Instead, his love of art enables him to start a successful gallery that shows the work of many European modernist painters, At one of his gallery openings, Max meets a nervy young artist and fellow WWI soldier, named Adolf Hitler (Noah Taylor). Mainly out of a common bond, Max agrees to buy some of Hitler's work and encourages the frustrated painter to transfer his emotions onto canvas. However Hitler, disillusioned with his country"s ruined state begins flirting with politics and public speaking. As Max comes closer to selling his work, Hitler's interests take a turn that will change the course of world history.
Max, is very well portrayed by Cusack and In spite of his lost arm and his country's decline, he tries to remain optimistic and finds solace in his appreciation of art. A smart and unusual film that handles its sensitive subject matter well, MAX is an intriguing look at the lives of two men before they are irretrievably altered.
Monday 20 July 2009
The Island
Starring Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan
Director Michael Bay
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Certificate
Genres Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Language English, English Audio Description
Subtitles English, French, Spanish
Released DVD: 09 Jan 2006
Michael Bay director of (Pearl Harbour, Armageddon), brings us "The Island" survivors of a supposed global contamination live in sterile, self-contained bunkers where their every step is monitored. The rules are easy: be pleasant, don"t ask any difficult questions and don"t rock the boat. Everything they need is provided for them, from their white uniforms, to their pre-planned cafeteria-style meals. The survivors all eagerly await the big prize: winning the lottery and being sent to "The Island", the only remaining untainted land in the world... Or are they being sent there?
Saturday 11 July 2009
Spiderman 3
Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons
Director Sam Raimi
Studio SONY PICTURES
Run time 156 mins
Certificate 12
Genres Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Language English
Director Sam Raimi
Studio SONY PICTURES
Run time 156 mins
Certificate 12
Genres Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 15 Oct 2007
Peter Parker and his alias superman continue where the amazing SPIDERMAN 2 left off. battling new strange and evil forces. The sandman is one new especially dangerous adversary and proves a big threat to the city. The other is an ex work colleague who has been infected with an other worldly black slime which has transformed him into an evil spiderman like creature. He colludes with the sandman to try to kill spiderman. Can spiderman enlist the help of his former school friend who also has special powers to fight this new enermy?
Wednesday 1 July 2009
News update: New Survivors series
The new BBC Survivors series is currently being filmed in Birmingham. Click here for details.
Friday 26 June 2009
Micheal Jackson - Moonwalker
Starring: Michael Jackson, Sean Lennon, Joe Pesci, Brandon Adams, Kelly Parker
Director: Jerry Kramer, Colin Chilvers
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time: 88 mins
Certificate: PG
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Music/Musical, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Released: DVD: 04 Apr 2005
Production year: 1988
A story of the struggle between good and evil as a drug dealer tries to ply his trade to children. Set against a soundtrack of songs and dance numbers and special effects.
Thursday 25 June 2009
Constantine
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker, Tilda Swinton, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gavin Rossdale
Director: Francis Lawrence
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time: 116 mins
Certificate: 15
Genres: Action/Adventure, Horror
Released: DVD: 11 Jul 2005
Constantine tells the story of supernatural detective John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), who has literally been to hell and back.
Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer and written by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello,
Saturday 20 June 2009
House of Wax
Starring: Paris Hilton, Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Jared Padalecki
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time: 105 mins
Certificate: 15
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Language: English
Released: DVD: 03 Oct 2005
Blu-ray: 04 Dec 2006
A road-tripping group of Florida teenagers stop to camp near a small town where they discover an abandoned wax museum. While exploring this cobwebbed scary place, they find that the figures are not only strangely lifelike, but that the entire museum is actually all made of wax. If that wasn't enough, they encounter a couple of pretty unsettling characters who seem to be the only people around for miles. One is a redneck who collects roadkill, dumping the bodies of dead deer into a carcass swamp. The other is Bo (Brian Van Holt), a gas station attendant who lures the kids back to his house.
Friday 19 June 2009
The Skeleton Key
Starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant
Director Iain Softley
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL
Run time 100 mins
Certificate 15
Genres Horror, Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 28 Nov 2005
Production year 2005
A young woman (KATE HUDSON) is hired to take care of an invalid at an old house in New Orleans but soon discovers rather morbid goings on involving the invalid"s wife and past (long deceased) occupants of the house. These are centred around a group of Voodoo practitioners and she has to battle against their evil curses.
Thursday 18 June 2009
The Hills have Eyes
Starring: Emilie de Ravin, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw
Director: Alexandre Aja
Studio: 20TH CENTURY FOX
Run time: 107 mins
Certificate: 18.
Genres: Horror
Language: English
Released: DVD: 26 Jun 2006
Blu-ray: 19 Nov 20
Driving through New Mexico on their way to California, the Carter family"s vehicle breaks down in the desert. They don"t realise they have entered dangerous enemy territory and soon realise that the people living in the hills aren't there to help... A film that is definitely NOT for the faint hearted.
Thursday 11 June 2009
The Omega Man
Starring Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash
Director Boris Sagal
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time 94 mins
Certificate PG
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language English
Released DVD: 29 Sep 2003
Production year: 1971
The future of mankind is in serious doubt as a result of a bacteriological war. Only a seemingly chosen few have survived the grizzly effects of germ warfare unharmed. A small enclave of healthy, determined survivors has formed a camp where they, for a while live peacefully. The other human survivors have turned into terribly disfigured mutants known as the "Family" who only walk the earth at night but have turned into ugily, grizzly predators. The last man alive (played by Charlton Heston) exists by gathering supplies by day from a deserted Los Angeles whose streets are strewn with the post-apocalyptic remnants of the super-funky '70s.
Based on Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend," and similar to the much later Will Smith movie of the same name
Kiss The Girls
Starring Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Alex McArthur, Jay O. Sanders, Bill Nunn, Richard T. Jones, Brian Cox, Roma Maffia, Jeremy Piven, Gina Ravera, William Converse-Roberts, Justina VailDirector Gary Fleder
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time 111 mins
Certificate 18
Genres Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 05 Nov 2001
Production year: 1997
North Carolina police detective Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) searches for an elusive psychopath whose mission is to abduct young women but not necessarily kill them but "collect" them like trophies who he hides in a mysterious place in the woods. His quarry though, includes the detective's own law-student niece, so he has a race against time to find them. Kick boxing medical intern Dr. Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd) who escaped the "collection," volunteers to help. The film is a nail biting yet formulaic thriller, based on the series of novels by James Patterson.
Tuesday 2 June 2009
Saw
Starring Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Monica Potter, Leigh Whannell
Director James Wan
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time 102 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18
Genres Thriller
Language English
Released DVD: 21 Feb 2005
When Adam (Leigh Whannell) nearly drowns at the bottom of a decrepit bathtub, he awakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside an old disused bathroom which seems to have been turned into some kind of torture chamber. Someone else is in the room. Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) has also just regained consciousness and is chained to the opposite side of the room. A man is lying in a pool of blood between them after apparently shooting himself in the head with the pistol in his hand.
All they hear is the voice of the sinister person who put them in there give out instructions to aid their escape but sets a time limit. The clock on the wall is ticking though and Adam and Dr. Gordon piece together the clues left behind by this deranged criminal mind that has brought them together and finally realize that they, too, must make a seemingly impossible set of choices for their lives.
Friday 29 May 2009
Silent Hill
Starring Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen
Director Christophe Gans
Studio PATHE DISTRIBUTION LTD
Certificate 15
Genres Thriller
Language English
Released 4th September 2006
Adopted from the video game of the same name, SILENT HILL features Radha Mitchell (PITCH BLACK). She plays Rose Da Silva, a young mother whose adopted daughter Sharon talks about Silent Hill, the West Virginia mining town while she sleepwalks. Rose then takes Sharon there to try to find out why it haunts her dreams. but Silent Hill has been a deserted town since a series of underground coal fires 30 years ago (in 1974) The remaining residents turn out to be pretty nightmarish, having formed a medieval like cult -- evil being the operative word...
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